Brake Composite F.23
Third of a batch of seven similar composite carriages delivered from the Saltley Works of the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., in 1896, this carriage survived in semi-regular traffic until the latter days of the Railway Company operations but was latterly in a poor state of repair and stored in the carriage shed at Douglas Station; following withdrawal from traffic the body was removed and scrapped in 1983 and the underframes survived in use as a bogie runner, one of few timber framed vehicles to be used for this role, the steel underframes being preferred. It was used in connection with the dedicated fire train with post and chain fence around its perimeter and fitted with water tanks; years of outside storage took its toll and following several years in the yard out of use the frames were scrapped in 2011.
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F.23
1896
Metropolitan
40 / 48
35’ 0”
7’ 0”
9’ 4”
Diamond Frame
Scrapped
A fine study of F.23 at Douglas Station in May 1968 with the typical first class designations on the compartment doors.
The underframes as part of a demonstration freight train during the Year Of Railways headed by No.11 Maitland.
F.23 looking the worse for wear outside the carriage shed at Douglas Station during a clear out in August 1979.
Looking the worse for the side of the carriage shed at Douglas Station, prior to removal and scrapping, August 1979.
F.23 looking the worse for wear outside the carriage shed at Douglas Station during a clear out in August 1979.
In use during 1968 at Peel Station bearing first class designations on the central compartment doors.